Wire stretching and splicing device.



I M; A. STICKLEY. w mE STRETCHLNG AND SPLICING DEVICE."

APPLICATION FILED APR- 26, 19 15.

' To all whom it may) c'o ho em.

I o sw n ALLEN mice; esgswssmwwm WIRE smmn 'germane;h me;

Be it known that ,I, MARCUS fST-ICKLEY, it citizen of the United States, residing at Strasburg, in the county of' shenandoah end State of Virginia;v have invented certain new and useful, Improvements in Wire Stretching and splioingpvii of which the following is [al specifieatiom 7' p The present invention appertains to provementsi-n wire-working tools; and especially asadapted- "for splicing v.a,nd stretchi11 'wires, in which; processes my invention" isf adapte dlto facilitate;fl efjoperitions of;

loop forming and." twisting of I the 1 wire :In carrying out the inventio .I prov de as1-; 7 pair of tool elements which ooactm the-.pre- 5 limin'a ry Step of the ope r,ation 'in-thatone.

' of said elementsconstitutes hold-ingjmeans for thewire'whiletheTbther performs the. 20,

function er-e twisting lever and in the fun-L ther step of joining together.wirestrands,-

' the firstmentioned element-actsas the tight; eneror twisting meanswhile the second.

of the looped end.

operates therewith to form a bearing in l rfigretching operation andfa loop forming lever and stop in the" final wrapping e ction v For a i'ullundei'standing of theipresenti.

v invention reference isitov be to the 5 lowing 'descr Figure 1 is a view in"'eleve tion,showingz the cooperation of the toolsin the preliminary step of fastening together swirestrands."

Fig; 2 is a p'lan. viewshowin'g-fthe nneiinhers 'in cooperative ,reletioniin the subsequent g step of stretching and-fastening the wire,

ends. Figfi isn sectiongrliviewteken' on; the plane indioatedi by the line 3: 3gofFig52 but with the loop forming lever raised to a:

vertical 'position. Fig. 4' is a viewf in ele-of va tion ;as "indicated theplane line of Fig. 3i .Fig fiis' e' perspective; view of the j oin'ed" ends of wire strands as'connected by meansrof my device. I e

Y Throughoutth followingfdeta il descrip tion, and on theis everzil" figures 'o'fj theljdrawe ,similar I p'arts i -"are ref 7 size having atone end a handle or grip'2.

ext m y;

ptin- 'tandithe accompanying 1, m iIlg,; n which: V

we e by i e is 'i' adapted 'to receive. the end of e; wire in the Qinanner to fheinore clearly hereinafter set' forth; j Pro-jectingirom. the ha'nd1e 2 pergillel withf the shank and in spaced relatej" 7 tion thereto. a wire-engaging arm 4. q The V Specification or Izetters l'atent. 5 PatentedEel ?1551916.? Application eie e pri a, 7

mh i j hafii it an Tint fin d tei: point is; formed 'vvith at transverse opening 3 which] nattd fBt'laiidtthis .Iiiember is formed at one and "zidj ace 0 fiche "same, extremity with opj of the member.

'projeetionsh is requisite but two are provided 1h orderto enable right-hand-or of this iie'seriptiom termed-.2;

With a no'tchedor' forked portion designated 'f fandii'djecent torthisiend isa iwire -receivlng'o'p'enlngfii that may be used :is found;

e11; ofi mndi gzspw d sfi -pseey oesm i meet n -63mm edge f "ln flie use :of the invention onlyone of i e i' Tl' ele erion B:v 1s] further formed ,at its opposite extremity,

convenient irjr performing the function-10f l splicing or repa ring wires.

- Describing the use'of the foregoing tool or-tool ieleinents and assuming thatitis cleii i 1 the? element A,fwhereupon the lever- :13? is disposed iw'ith its guide lugs 5 engaging. the

wire and jwlt the member holds jthe wire-durihglthe terthe formation of this loop the end ofthe siiedfto: repair fa broken-wire or to splice elwire aisftheloaser m ay h'eythel'end' of one 'wi're'. strand '9 is bent about'fthearm"410i; '90

V hi onefof theshoulders orprojectionsgfi ngagingj gthe :wiregend 'so' that;

rotetion of, the 'ngiember B iabout the wire Wi l W ap" r twist ewire x e y; s

most distinctly shown lnE gpl. obvi .7

I i g d' l h q i o b rio ed oit WlI'e 9 is. passed gupwardly throu h th 19 of the wire '9 ,and introduced'into thejopen i ;ing' 3' offthefshanklqof the member- A; The: f member B :is thereupon -sezited upon I the wire "in ,j'the' prone position shown; in; Fig 2 with the guide lugs 5 atone end strafddling the wir'e 9 and ,With-itsopposite' forked end engaging beneath the shank: 11,2011 the loop oli'this wire 9 so as to form a bearing seat'. The "rotation;offthe member 7 A1 will ob-f IviouSly' thewiije 10 through the'lo'op" until the proper tension is obtained, the

wire incidentally beingwrappedabout theshank of the member A in the manneras clearly shown in Fig. 2.. During this drawing of the wire 10 through the connecting loop, the forked end holds the loop from be I ing bent out of alinement, thereby prevent-v ing breakage if the wire should happen .to.

about the end of the loopedjexjtremity of' the wire 9, this lifting action. actuating the wire stretching member' A so 'as to form a loop in the extremity of the wire 10 Obviously no release of the tension "has taken plac since the-member A is held from rotation, during this action by; the operator and when the member B is positioned vertically the forked extremity 7 thereof straddles the looped end of the wire 10 so that the, Wires ill b'gprQVBIltQCl .from turning.

when the wrapped end on the shankjof the member Auis twisted about the wire '10' by rotation of said member aroundthe wire and simultaneous unwrapping of the ex tremity therefrom. When the foregoing operation 11518138611 completed the joined ends will appear somewhat asshown in Fig. 5.

, It will be-apparent that the tool elements I constituting any-invention will enable the performance of the above described "operation in close places and where the wire strands are close together as in fences com.- prising a plurality of wire strands. While the illustration in the drawing shows the joining together of two wire ends, it will be obvious that the splicingof wires by the use of an insertedsplice'wire may be just as readily accomplished in the manner described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a'device of the class described, thecombination'with a stretching member comprisinga shank having an opening to receive the wire to bestretched, of a cooperating bearing member adapted to rest upon aswire to be connected to thewire before mentioned and to form abearingseat for the shank aforesaid during rotation thereof in the stretching operation, said bearing member having a wire-engaging extremity for bold ing the wire on which it. rests, in alinement during said stretching action.

2. In a device of the class described the combination with a stretching member comprising a shank having an openingto receive the wire to be stretched, of a cooperat-. ing bearing member-adapted to rest upon. a wire provided with a connecting loop and toform a bearing seat for the shank aforesaid during rotation: thereof in the stretclr.

ing operatiomand means on one end of said bearing member to hold it from lateral dis. placement from the wire, the other end having a loop-engaging fork for holding the loop aforesaid fromzdistortion during drawing'of the stretching wire therethrough;

3. In a device of the class describedjthe combination with a. stretching member comprising a. shank 'having, an opening to receive'the wire" to bestretched, of

a cooperating bearing member adapted. to.

rest upon a wire'and toform a bearing seat for the. shank aforesaid during rotation thereof in the stretching .ioperation, .said bearlng member constituting aleverfor ac:

tuating :the stretchingmember when the wire: is stretched'to bend the wire in forming connecting loop.

4. In, a'device of the class describechthe combinationwitha stretchingzmember com- 7 prising a shank having an 'openingto-receive the wire to be stret'chechofmeans to engage.

the stretching member for bending the wire to'form'a connecting "loop when the wirefis under tension, said means constitutinga stop to prevent loss of said tension during fasten. ing ofthe looped end.

5. In a :device of :the. class described, the.

combination with a stretching member come prising a shank having an opening to receive the wire to be stretched, ofa cooperating bear ng member adapted to rest upon a wire and to form a bearing seat .for the shank:

aforesaid during rotation thereof in the stretching operation, the bearing member also forming a-stop. toprevent slippingof ion said. wire during wrapping of the looped end by the stretching member;

6. In a device of the class described, the; combination with 'astretching member hav lng an opening adapted to receive one end I of a wire strand, of a lever engageable with 1 the end of a wire to which the first end is. to. r

be joined, said leverifulcriuning against the.

wire end with which .it engages to actuate,

the stretching memberstov bend the wire for forming a connecting l0.op,' saidl everhaving a forked extremity to engage said- 100111 whereby to prevent turning of, the wire dur mg engagement of the looped end/by the stretching member.. I

7. In a device ofthe class .Idescribed," the combination with astretching member =com-v prising a shank having an opening to receive the wire to be stretched and a handle at one,

end, of a loop-forming lever for cooperation with said stretching member and comprising" spaced .lugs projecting therefrom for I hold".

the stretching operation, and a forked exing an axially rotative-tool' element having ing said member'in position upon a wire in engagement with the end of a wire and tremity for engagingthe wire to be stretched to hold the samefrom turning during en-' gagement with the, wire by the stretching member. 7

8. Means for forming wire loops, comprisadapted to engage the loop and the tool ele- 1 ment to bend the wire into alinement' while holding said wire during rotation of the tool 1 element for fastening the end of'the'wire,

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MARCUS ALLEN STIGKLEY,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents eaeli, by addressing the Commissioner of li'atents,

1 Washingtonfl); G. i

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